Stem for pipes



Jan. 31, 1928. 1,657,767

0. RUZSICSKA ET AL STEM FOR PIPES Filed March 15. 1926 I NVENTOR 7 ATTORN Patented Jan, 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES ,1 new PATENT OFFICE.

ODO RUZSICSKA AND WILLIAM L. BRUMFIELD, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-FIFTH T0 PGLANER, ONE-FIFTH T0 MILTON GUTTMAN, AND ONE- FIFTH TO JOHN S. GUTTMAN, ALL OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

STEM roia PIPES.

Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,647.

This invention relates to an improved pipe and is designed to provide a pipe of that type that has a stem with a laterally removable inlay so that the stem can be easily cleaned.

We are aware that stems have been made with removable or separable sections but in the present device we provide a stem that is held so that the inlay does not tilt or become displaced solely by its engagement with the stem extension of the bowl. This not only reduces the number of parts to three, two sections of the stem and. the bowl, but it also provides for a cheaper pipe.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a section of the pipe bowl and its stem extension, the stem proper being shown in elevation. Figure 2 is an enlarged section taren on line 2-2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the two parts of the pipe stem separated and Figure 4 is a section showing the stem as applied to a cigar holder.

We show a conventional form of pipe bowl 10 which has the receptacle 11 for the tobacco and a stem extension 12. Stem 13 fits in the borel-l of the stem extension and is made of two pieces or sections that can be separated laterally, these sections consisting of the member 15 which is the main member and an inlay 16 which is adapted to fit tightly in the groove 17 of the member 15. The fit is a tight one so that the member 16must be pressed, by the fingers of the hand, snugly into the slot 17, the abutting parts being constructed so that the bore 18 is formed when the inlay 16 is pressed in as far as it will go, the entrance usually being limited by the sides 19 of the slot 1? converging. The main member 15 is thus provided with a slot which has side walls that tightly grasp the inlay 16 and this friction is strong enough to make longitudinal movement tremely diflicult but lateral. movement is easy.' The slot is no wider than the bore and the two members have co-acting means to cause the bottom partof the slot to act as a stop for the inward'movement of themlay and still leave enough clearance to form the bore 18. The two parts of the stem when thus assembled are slid into the recess 14 in the stem extension 12, this being a ti ht, er what might be termed a snug tit arid it will, furthermore, he noted that bore 14 extends to a point beneath the opening 20 in the bottom of the receptacle 11 of the bowl. of considerable length and the stem exten sion or rather the bowl forms the sole means for holding the two members 15 and 16 of the stem together other than by their frictional contact. 1 y

The stem when it is to be cleaned is pulled out of the bowl and the members 15 and 16 are separated and it will be evident from Figure 3 that the slot 17 and the underface This gives a hearing or Contact of the inlay 16 can be cleaned by wiping.

Since the parts were made to fit snugly, the members 15 and 16 are made so that they can be easily separated. This is done by extending the member 16 so thatits end 21 extends beyond the end of the member 15 as will be seen from Figure 1, this extension being possible because the passage 20 allows V such space to be utilized. This part 21 thus forms a finger piece or projection by means of which the inlay 16can be pulled laterally out of the slot 17. 7

When the parts are to be assembled after cleaning all that need be done is to push the inlay laterally into the slot 17 and then slide the members so assembled into the recess 14- ot the bowl. It will be noted that the recess 1 is, therefore, relatively large and enables the passage 20 to be kept clean without difficulty. i

In Figure t we show a. device adapted for a cigar holder, the holder portion 22 being used in this case as the equivalent of the bowl 10 in the'pipe.

We claim a p 1. A pipe comprising a bowl with a stem extension, a stem fitting into the extension to a point under the receptacle of the bowl and extending therefrom to form a mouthpiece, the-stem having an inlay extending from end to end of the stem, and insertible laterally into a groove in the stem and being limited as toits inward movement by the bottom of the groove and thus form the bore.

jecting at the inner end of the stem slightly beyond the body portion.

3. A pipe stem comprising atodyperti' n "with a longitudinal groove inlay with a slot extending from the centre to the outer edge of the said portion and of substantially the same width throughout and an inlay fitting snugly in the slot and held therein eolely by the friction between the parts. said inlay being insertible and removable laterally, the bottom 01": the slot converging to act as :1 stop to limit the inward movement of the inlay to Form the bore.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures.

ODO RUZSICSKA. WILLIAM L. BRUMFIELD. 

